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South Sudan confirmed member of East Africa Community

South Sudan has been accepted into the East African Community (EAC) ranks, increasing membership of the bloc to six with an estimated population of 162 million people.

The four-year-old state was admitted following the 17th Ordinary East African Community Heads of State Summit in Arusha, Tanzania and the move is seen as a way of helping consolidate the stability of the region through trade.

“South Sudan is a new member of the EAC,” said the EAC secretariat on its social media site on Wednesday.

#EACSummitjumuiya South Sudan has now been admitted as the 6th Country in EAC today ! Now the market size is 162 million people in EAC!